The Fighters are looking to bolster their middle infield after having problems filling the shortstop position with a healthy body during the Nippon Series -- Makoto Kaneko was unable to play because of an Achilles injury and Tomohiro Nioka also wasn't 100% with problems in both thighs.

Year

Team

G

PA

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

TB

RBI

SB

CS

SH

SF

BB

HBP

SO

GIDP

BA

SLG

OBP

OPS

2004

Yomiuri

2

2

2

0

1

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.500

1.000

.500

1.500

2005

Yomiuri

14

20

18

2

2

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

2

0

8

1

.111

.111

.200

.311

2006

Yomiuri

20

19

17

3

2

0

0

0

2

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

7

0

.118

.118

.211

.328

2007

Yomiuri

5

5

4

0

1

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

.250

.500

.250

.750

2008

Yomiuri

17

36

31

3

8

3

0

0

11

5

0

0

1

0

3

1

7

1

.258

.355

.343

.698

2009

Yomiuri

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

Totals

59

82

72

8

14

5

0

0

19

6

1

0

2

0

7

1

22

2

.194

.264

.275

.539

=== UPDATE 11/15/2009

The Fighters assigned the number 40 to Iwadate and gave him a contract worth 8.4M yen.